The Australian Library Journal is editing a special issue on web 2.0 and the library and information science profession. The issue is being put together by a couple of folk responsible for the recent Beyond the Hype Symposium in Qld.
Guest Editors: Helen Partridge and Clare Thorpe
Contact: Helen Partridge Email: h.partridge at qut dot edu dot [...]

Commoncraft have released Online photosharing in Plain English . Enjoy.

Whether or not you are comfortable with the term Library 2.0, it does have some useful ideas to offer your library.
Here’s ten Library 2.0 resolutions to add to your list for 2008.
1. Find out more about your users.
It all starts with them. So many new tools, offering so much new promise - how do [...]

There are now a number of sites which have developed their own ‘23 things’ type staff development activities. In many cases these programs are openly accessible and encourage anyone to join in.
23 things
This one really got the ball rolling, with a 9-week program for staff at PLCMC. It listed 23 Things (or small exercises) that [...]

Michael Stephens has announced the dates for his seminars in Australia next February and March 2008, through CAVAL:
The Hyperlinked Library: Trends, Tools and Transparency - an Expert Forum with Michael Stephens
No doubt there will be plenty of opportunities for TTW readers and fellow bloggers to meet and greet as well!

About a month ago I wrote about a new initiative that we introduced, the THALI-Tags tag cloud. This morning an updated version of the site went live. The changes are:

Using a new Yahoo! Pipe for the analysis of posts to extract terms;
The PHP code used to generate the tag cloud was cleaned up and generally [...]

Today a new feature of LINT has been released. It is called THALI - Tags. There is link to it in the top of every page or you can visit it directly by going to http://librariesinteract.info/thali-tags/.
What is the THALI - Tag cloud? It is tag cloud made up of tags derived from posts from the [...]

If you want to see a real life example of a library using a social bookmarking service as a content management system…
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries is using del.icio.us to manage the virtual reference page on their website. Librarians add a bookmark in del.icio.us and give each one tags to assign the link to particular categories [...]

On behalf of the Organising Committee, we wish to announce that Registration for the ALIA National Library and Information Association Technicians Conference 2007 is now open.
The Conference will address key issues affecting the library and information professions in this rapidly changing digital age and offer a stimulating program featuring leaders in their fields of expertise [...]

For those in Melbourne in July, this is one not to be missed, and not only because both Kathryn and I will be presenting!  Libraries, Web 2.0 and other Internet stuff will be held at the State Library of Victoria on Monday 23rd July.
The key presenter will be Helene Blowers from the Public Library of [...]